ACSA NCSO FINAL EXAM 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔(LEG) How long must records be retained for entry work into a confined space if
there were no incidents or unplanned events during the entry? - ✔✔1 year - Code
s.58(a)
✔✔(LEG) Describe the three provincial enforcement tools used by OH&S? -
✔✔Ticketing.
Administrative Penalties.
Regulatory Penalties. (can include imprisonment)
✔✔(LEG) A common defense in strict liability is? - ✔✔Due Diligence
✔✔(LEG) Identify the four most common referencing used in Alberta OHS Legislation? -
✔✔Section
Subsection
Clause
Sub clause
✔✔(LEG) List at least 6 examples of discriminatory actions in regard to worker rights? -
✔✔Termination
Layoff
Suspension
Demotion
Transfer
Elimination of job
Change of job location
Changes in hours of work
Reprimand
Coercion
Intimidation
✔✔(LEG) What the Two key parts of training as defined by the OH&S Act? -
✔✔Training & Practical Demonstration
✔✔(LEG) A person having the responsibility to establish a system to ensure compliance
with OHS legislation at multi-employer work sites is the? - ✔✔Prime Contractor
✔✔(LEG) What are the Three elements used to determine if a person is competent? -
✔✔Adequately qualified
Suitably trained
with sufficient amount of experience
,✔✔(LEG) Which work site parties have a specific OHS obligation to ensure that workers
are not subjected to or participate in harassment or violence at a work site? -
✔✔Employer & Supervisor
✔✔(LEG) State the Three things harassment can cause as defined in the OHS Act? -
✔✔Offence
Humiliation
Adversely affects the workers' health and safety
✔✔(LEG) What is the legal duty of persons directing work outlined in the Criminal Code
of Canada? - ✔✔They have a legal duty to take reasonable steps top prevent bodily
harm to that person, or any other person, arising from that work or task
✔✔(LEG) What will you find under section s.219 of the Criminal Code of Canada? -
✔✔Criminal Negligence "Offence"
✔✔(LEG) What will you find under section s.220 of the Criminal Code of Canada? -
✔✔Causing death by criminal negligence "Charge"
✔✔(LEG) What will you find under section s.221 of the Criminal Code of Canada? -
✔✔Causing bodily harm by criminal negligence "Charge"
✔✔(LSE) What are the Three essential actions of an effective Safety Leader? -
✔✔Mentoring
Motivating
Monitoring
✔✔(LSE) Recognize three goals of corporate culture? - ✔✔Workers hold safety as a
value (fundamental belief) and not just a priority (can change).
Workers take responsibility for their own safety as well as the safety of others.
Workers are willing to act on their own sense of responsibility.
✔✔(LSE) What are the Three main sources of supervision health and safety
responsibilities? - ✔✔Company H&S Program
Safety Team
Safety Tasks
✔✔(LSE) Identify common purposes for the Act component of Alberta OH&S
legislation? - ✔✔Permits government to legally regulate an area.
Assigns obligations to people or organizations.
Allows government to create regulations and codes.
, ✔✔(LSE) Identify common purposes for the Regulations and Code of Alberta OH&S
legislation? - ✔✔Assigns specific responsibilities to individuals.
Describes actions to be taken by individuals.
Outlines specific procedures to be followed.
Adopts standards from the organizations.
✔✔(LSE) Describe the obligations of a supervisor under s.4 of the OH&S Act? -
✔✔Ensure they are competent to be supervising every worker under their supervision.
Take all precautions to protect the health and safety of workers they are supervising.
Ensure that workers under their supervision are in compliance with the OH&@ Act, Reg,
and Code.
Ensure workers they are supervising use all hazard controls and required PPE.
Ensure none of the workers under their supervision are subjected to, or participate in,
violence or harassment at the work site.
Advise the workers they are supervising of all known or reasonably foreseeable hazards
to heath and safety in their working area.
Report any unsafe work site conditions (that exist or have existed) to the employer.
Cooperate with others who are exercising their duties under the Act, Reg, and Code
(i.e., JWSHSC and/or HSR)
Comply with the Act, Reg, and Code
✔✔(LSE) Which piece of the Alberta OHS legislation provides information regarding
adopted standards? - ✔✔Code
✔✔(LSE) What are the Three groups that make up a company's Health & Safety team?
- ✔✔Management
Supervisors
Worker
✔✔(LSE) What are Three types of supervisor safety tasks? - ✔✔Pre-job planning
considerations
Schedule or periodic tasks
Continuous or ongoing tasks
✔✔(LSE) Name a few best practices for daily logbooks? - ✔✔Write entirely in pen so
they cannot be altered
Contain facts of the events that occurred
Leave all pages intact and in place
Draw solid lines from the last filled line to the end of the page
Include items that require follow ups
Include people involved and their particular tasks or role in the event
Cross out errors with a single line and initial
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔(LEG) How long must records be retained for entry work into a confined space if
there were no incidents or unplanned events during the entry? - ✔✔1 year - Code
s.58(a)
✔✔(LEG) Describe the three provincial enforcement tools used by OH&S? -
✔✔Ticketing.
Administrative Penalties.
Regulatory Penalties. (can include imprisonment)
✔✔(LEG) A common defense in strict liability is? - ✔✔Due Diligence
✔✔(LEG) Identify the four most common referencing used in Alberta OHS Legislation? -
✔✔Section
Subsection
Clause
Sub clause
✔✔(LEG) List at least 6 examples of discriminatory actions in regard to worker rights? -
✔✔Termination
Layoff
Suspension
Demotion
Transfer
Elimination of job
Change of job location
Changes in hours of work
Reprimand
Coercion
Intimidation
✔✔(LEG) What the Two key parts of training as defined by the OH&S Act? -
✔✔Training & Practical Demonstration
✔✔(LEG) A person having the responsibility to establish a system to ensure compliance
with OHS legislation at multi-employer work sites is the? - ✔✔Prime Contractor
✔✔(LEG) What are the Three elements used to determine if a person is competent? -
✔✔Adequately qualified
Suitably trained
with sufficient amount of experience
,✔✔(LEG) Which work site parties have a specific OHS obligation to ensure that workers
are not subjected to or participate in harassment or violence at a work site? -
✔✔Employer & Supervisor
✔✔(LEG) State the Three things harassment can cause as defined in the OHS Act? -
✔✔Offence
Humiliation
Adversely affects the workers' health and safety
✔✔(LEG) What is the legal duty of persons directing work outlined in the Criminal Code
of Canada? - ✔✔They have a legal duty to take reasonable steps top prevent bodily
harm to that person, or any other person, arising from that work or task
✔✔(LEG) What will you find under section s.219 of the Criminal Code of Canada? -
✔✔Criminal Negligence "Offence"
✔✔(LEG) What will you find under section s.220 of the Criminal Code of Canada? -
✔✔Causing death by criminal negligence "Charge"
✔✔(LEG) What will you find under section s.221 of the Criminal Code of Canada? -
✔✔Causing bodily harm by criminal negligence "Charge"
✔✔(LSE) What are the Three essential actions of an effective Safety Leader? -
✔✔Mentoring
Motivating
Monitoring
✔✔(LSE) Recognize three goals of corporate culture? - ✔✔Workers hold safety as a
value (fundamental belief) and not just a priority (can change).
Workers take responsibility for their own safety as well as the safety of others.
Workers are willing to act on their own sense of responsibility.
✔✔(LSE) What are the Three main sources of supervision health and safety
responsibilities? - ✔✔Company H&S Program
Safety Team
Safety Tasks
✔✔(LSE) Identify common purposes for the Act component of Alberta OH&S
legislation? - ✔✔Permits government to legally regulate an area.
Assigns obligations to people or organizations.
Allows government to create regulations and codes.
, ✔✔(LSE) Identify common purposes for the Regulations and Code of Alberta OH&S
legislation? - ✔✔Assigns specific responsibilities to individuals.
Describes actions to be taken by individuals.
Outlines specific procedures to be followed.
Adopts standards from the organizations.
✔✔(LSE) Describe the obligations of a supervisor under s.4 of the OH&S Act? -
✔✔Ensure they are competent to be supervising every worker under their supervision.
Take all precautions to protect the health and safety of workers they are supervising.
Ensure that workers under their supervision are in compliance with the OH&@ Act, Reg,
and Code.
Ensure workers they are supervising use all hazard controls and required PPE.
Ensure none of the workers under their supervision are subjected to, or participate in,
violence or harassment at the work site.
Advise the workers they are supervising of all known or reasonably foreseeable hazards
to heath and safety in their working area.
Report any unsafe work site conditions (that exist or have existed) to the employer.
Cooperate with others who are exercising their duties under the Act, Reg, and Code
(i.e., JWSHSC and/or HSR)
Comply with the Act, Reg, and Code
✔✔(LSE) Which piece of the Alberta OHS legislation provides information regarding
adopted standards? - ✔✔Code
✔✔(LSE) What are the Three groups that make up a company's Health & Safety team?
- ✔✔Management
Supervisors
Worker
✔✔(LSE) What are Three types of supervisor safety tasks? - ✔✔Pre-job planning
considerations
Schedule or periodic tasks
Continuous or ongoing tasks
✔✔(LSE) Name a few best practices for daily logbooks? - ✔✔Write entirely in pen so
they cannot be altered
Contain facts of the events that occurred
Leave all pages intact and in place
Draw solid lines from the last filled line to the end of the page
Include items that require follow ups
Include people involved and their particular tasks or role in the event
Cross out errors with a single line and initial
